3-D stereo computer output printer
OwnerSadeg M. Farisinventor
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Abstract
A system for producing 3-D stereoscopic graphic hard copy output from computers is described. The left and right stereo images from the computer are spatially modulated, spatially multiplexed and then printed on a special paper. This special paper consists of a micropolarized sheet laminated to a polarization preserving reflective sheet. The spatially multiplexed stereo pair when printed on the micopolarizer and viewed with appropriatley polarized glasses, 3-D stereo images will result with full depth perception realized. The micropolarizer sheet seves as a spatial demultiplexer to separates the left and right images and codes them by means of two polarization states. The polarized spectacles serve as decoders and present to the left eye the left image and to the right eye the right image.
Claims16
A printing system for producing 3-D stereo hard copy computer outputs of graphic images in response to applying the left and right perspectives of an imaged object to its input, comprising:
- a. a spatial multiplexing means for combining the left and right perspectives into a single spatially multiplexed image, SMI;
- b. printing medium comprising at least one component;
- c. means for printing the SMI on said printing medium;
- d. image aligning means;
- e. handling means for feeding, transporting, and combining components of printing medium and
- f. means for decoding and viewing 3-D stereo images.
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